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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1904.
DAILY—17.00 A YEAR
SYLVESTER, CAPITAL OF WORTH COUNTY
SYLVESTER, Ga., Dec. 24.—To fully
realize the extent of south Georgia's
new growth, one must travel and keep
moving to be abreast of the splendid
developments that are reaching out
In every direction. As things are
measured in the South, the moral, ed
ucational and material developments
in wiregrass Georgia are truly aston
ishing. New towns of modern growth,
new railroads, new schools and
churches, nfew fields and handsome
farm houses are evidences of advance
ment on every. hand. Modern Im
provements and facilities in the towns
and the latest agricultural machinery
and Implements and improved live
stock on the farms indicate the rapid
advancement in commercial, indus
trial and agricultural pursuits. Thrift
and prosperity are visible throughout
the p ney woods, and the farmers are
accumulating property at a rate un
known since the halcyon decade im
mediately preceding the civil war.
when the Just tariff laws favored
Southern farmers, because they could
sell their cotton in the highest mar
kets of the world nnd purchase the
necessaries of life in the cheapest
markets—Just the reverse of the pres
ent unequal law which forces them to
buy their goods at home at artificial
values fixed by combinations, and at
higher prices than the same goods
ore sold by the same manufacturers to
foreign people. ,
In spite of these unjust conditions,
the farmers of south Georgia have
prospered by reason of the splendid
resources and advantages of the coun
try. Though robbed of a portion of
their earnings by the unequal tariff
law, they have made money by adopt
ing the diversified system of farming
by which they raise their own provis
ion supplies. and make cotton as a
surplus crop. Throughout the wire-
grass - region of Georgia this system
has made the farmers prosperous nnd
Independent. Variety of productive
soil and climatic advantages enable
them to diversify their crops, giving
them a wide range of products and
making them independent of the all
cotton system.
It Is these unsurpassed advantages
that nre attracting so many thrlftv
agriculturists to south Georgia from
regions which nre less favored by na
ture in natural resources and advan
tages. And It is the thrifty farmers
that are supporting the growth of so
many prosperous new towns.
Sylvester is one of south Georgia's
new towns and the record of Its growth
Is a notable example of the remarka
ble advancement of the wiregrass
country. Its history ns a town dates
back scarcely a decade. It is located
on the Atlnntlc Coast Line, formerly
the Brunswick nnd Western railroad,
three miles south of Isabella, the old
county sent, and was for years known
ns Isabella station. Being the center
of a magnificent farming section which
began to attract settlers, the place be
gan to grow ten vears ago, tho name
was changed to Svjvester and Incor
porated as a town In 1898, Just six
years ago. As the surrounding coun
try developed ns a fine agricultural
section, the town took on a substantial
S rowth. its trade expanded very rap-
lly and It soon became a plnce pf
considerable Importance. Like other
south Georgia towns the past ten
years, Sylvester's growth Is remark
able, ns towns grow In th’s section of
the country. A dozen years ago it was
only a slab town, such ns build up
around naval stores plants, with not
a decent building in sight‘and only
one small store. Today it has several
blocks of modern business houses. In
cluding first-class mercantile establ
ishment* carrying Immense stocks of
merchandise, industrial enterprises, a
large hotel, a 113.000 brick school
house, fine church edifices, one of
them brick costing 810.000, handsome
residences, public buildings to cost
$75,000 In course of construction, and
other Improvements and conveniences,
while the population has grown within
ten years from two to three white
families to about 1,500. To Judge by
the business section of the town, the
population would he estimated nt
nearer 1.800 than 1.500, but conserva
tive officials nnd business men of the
place estimate the latter figures as
being near the number of people In the
town.
In growth of business nnd trade,
Sylvester has hnd a notable advance
ment, proof of which Is the great In
crease In Its cotton receipts the first
five years, growing from a few hun
dred bales to nbout 9.000 this season.
This remarkable Increase In cotton
receipts nol only shows the Immense
growth of Sylvester’s trade, but Indi
cates the splendid development of the
agricultural resources of the tqwn's
surrounding territory. This extraor
dinary growth of the town and coun
try Is surpassed by very few communi
ties In the South.
During the period above Indicated,
some fifty business houses of various
kinds were established in Sylvester,
among them some of the lergest store*
In southwest Georgia, more fully de
scribed further on In this article.
There are six churches, some of which
nre fine buildings and all in a flour
ishing condition. The growth of the
Progress of the Tlagnificent County and Her Growing Little City==Its
Remarkable Growth and Solid Prospects==Sylvester Is the
Trading Center of a Wide and Fertile Ag
ricultural Territory===A Town of
Much Wealth
and Culture
efforts had been made to move the
capital of the county but none were
successful until after the passing from
the scene of Col. Harris. But last
March an election was held for the re
moval of the county seat from Isabella
to Sylvester, and the latter won by a
decisive vote of nearlv six to one; a
law was passed by the legislature
making it the capital and the„ new
court house and Jail are now in course
of construction. The new temple of
Justice will be one of the finest in the
state, costing, exclusive of the furni
ture, $55,000. It is of stone and brick
ftnd is to have all the modern Improve
ments, furniture nnd fixtures. The
Jail is to cost $15,000' and will be a
modern prison in every detail of its
construction, having a system of sen
sitive cells, by which the Jailer may
sit in his office and hear conversations
of the inmates. These public buildings
will be completed nt an early date.
At present a brick store house is be
ing occupied as a court house, having
been fitted up for temporary use. and
the fall term of the superior court was
held In It. The old Jail at Isabella is
still used for county prisoners, but
Sheriff Sumner will move them to Syl
vester as soon as the new Jail Is com
pleted.
As an evidence of Sylvester’s pros
perity, it is noted that the town/ has
never had a financial failure. This is
ft showing that few’ towns can make.
The town has two Masonic orders—
Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter,
both In flourish condition and grow
ing rapidly. A Knights of Pythias
lodge Is now being discussed and will
be organized nt an early date.
There Is a city court which facili
tates legal business nnd lessens the
expenses of the superior court. Frank
Parks is Judge and Jos. Tipton is soli
citor.
High Social Standing and Good
Morals.
Sylvester Is a town of good muni
cipal government, good morals and the
progressive citizens maintain a social
status of high rating. The people
generally are sociable and hospitable
without being ostentaceous, moral nnd'
Christian spirited without showing the
characteristics of thb Puritan. They
suppdrt their churches nnd schools
with a liberal hand nnd pull together
In a spirit of unity for the moral, so
cial and material upbuilding of the
community. They also support the
moral social functions which add to
the pleasures of home life and lighten
the burdens of the business man. De
moralizing practices are prohibited,
and wherever immorality shows Itself
it is drlyoji out w,lth a hard hand by
the progressive, municipal authorities.
Sylvester’s Splendid Educational Ad
vantages—A modern Public School
System.
As Sylvester's rapid, substan
tial growth developed into a modern
town of wealth and progressive citi
zens, the need of first-class educa
tional advantages wrn* soon discovered
and a monument, characteristic of the
people. Was promptly inaugurated for
the establishment of a first-class
school, with the result that Kylvester
public school was chartered by tho
legislature of 1903, bonds were Issued
by the town and a* handsome brick
school house of, modern construction
nnd the latest fixtures and conven
iences, w’ns built at o cost of $12,860.
It Is an up-to-date structure, affording
every comfort nnd convenience for
pupils nnd instructors, heuted by hot
air, water works and sewerage sys
tem throughout the building. Tho
building Is located on a hill of con
siderable elevation In the center of an
pight-acre campus In the northeast
section of the city, only a few blocks
from the business district. The school
Is supported by Its prorata share of
the general school fund, supplemented
by local taxation. It Is under the con
trol of the city nnd managed by a
board of school commissioners com
posed of the following members: J.
8. Westberry. T. J. Pinson. R. L.
Dearlso, T. K. Helnsohn and T. R.
Perry. J. 8. Westberry is superin
tendent and Prof. John Hall Is princi
pal. There are nine teachers with a
general average attendance of 260
pupils. Students nre prepared to en
ter the sophomore class In any of our
standard colleges.
Sylvester’s Magnificent Territory—Un
surpassed Farming and Horticul
tural Section.
Sylvester Is located within a mile
of the geographical center of Worth
county, a community noted for Its
productive soil and salubrious climate.
If Worth county had began ten
years ago to advertise It* splendid na
tural advantages among the farmers
of less favored regions. It would have
been today one of the most populous
churches furnish further evidence of and best developed counties In the
the tor* *- —“ ,J * gd * — g|
wire-grass belt, for no portion of that
fertile country surpasses Worth In soil
and climate. \Vith the limited adver
tising it has had. it has made wonder
ful advancement In all lines of de
velopment. The Atlantic Coast Line
railway was built through the center
of the county In the early seventies,
| but for two decades. It seems, that it
whole- I added but little to the county’s wealth
Baptist _
few years ago with eight members on
Its rolls; now three hundred names
are carried. The Methodist church
has a similar growth. There are va
riety works turning out all kinds of
building lumber, buggy and wagon
factory and general repair shop, public
ginneries. cotton warehouses, whole- .
sale grocery stores, livery and sale I and population, because Its fine ad-
stables, printing ofTice. telephone ex- I vantages had not ben discovered by
change for local and long distance I the farmers of other sections. About
lines, patent medicine factories, two | 1888 the Georgia Houthern railway was
banks, nationnl nnd state, with ample
capital nnd facilities, and a first-class
public school, are going to make up a
busy town of commercial Importance.
Cotton, naval stores, lumber, syrup,
horticultural products, melons, etc.,
are shipped from Sylvester to the
markets of the country.
Sylvester's Fine Public Buildings.
When Worth countv was estab
lished it was a region *solated from
railroads or river transportation and.
pptrselv populated. The countv seat
. was located within a mile or two of
the renter of the county and given the
mme of Isabella, in honor of the wife
of Gen. Worth, for whom the county
was named. The place never grew be
yond tbe few families of the county
officials and one or two others—for
jrng years It remained about the same,
for in th*»» period there was nothing
to encourage the growth of a village
»., like Worth, remote from
transportation facilities.
ell*
ber
the
for
Hon. W.
Ha
tars' of the state
built through the north corner of the
county causing the enterprising town
of Ashhurn to spring up. increasing
the population and wealth between the
census year* 1890 and 1900. During
the decade 1870 to 1880 the population
increased from $.$78 to about 5,000;
from 1880 to 1890 the increase wu*
from 5.000 to nearly 11,000, and In
1900 the population had reached 18.664,
showing an increase of nearly 8,000
for the decade. No census has been
taken since 1900. but the growth dur
ing the past four years has been un
precedented and can be safely and
conservatively estimated at 3.500, giv
ing the county a total population of
22.000 at the present date. The ma
terial growth of the county during the
past decade ha* kept pace with the
population, growing from $918,000 in
1890 to $2,511,000 in 1900 and the in
crease since 1900. owing to the rapid
growth of Sylvester and the establish
ment of Industrial enterprises In the
county, will reach probably $750,000.
giving the county a total taxable value
of $3,211,000.
These figures speak out for Worth
-unty** splendid advancement and is
fair lllnstmtlon of the rate at which
i'i wlre-gra;*s section of Georgia is
{ being developed. If times remain proa-
on ! perous, the census figures a^ the ex-
cade in 1910,
I!
ment. such as was never before known
in the South. As before stated, one
must travel and keep moving to fully
realize the extent of south Georgia's
magnificent growth.
Twenty years ago to have spoken
to a north-Georgian of the w’ire-grass
region as an agricultural or horticul
tural section, was to have been laugh
ed at, and In his estimation it was fit
only for lumber and naval stores—the
land was good for nothing, outside of
the yellow pine growth, except to help
hold the world together and to raise
gophers, salamanders and malaria. In
north Georgia the piney woods country
was referred to ns the “pine barons."
“the frog levels." “the gopher hills,"
etc. No one considered the wire-
grass lands fit for raising grnln, cot
ton and fruits, and It was thought to
have been a chill and fever Infested
region, where good health was un
known. These were fnlse notions that
exploded themselves like bubbles In
the air, after the railroads were built,
opening up the country. After all,
south Georgia owes its development to
the pine trees. The demand through
out the civilized world for yellow pine
lumber and naval stores caused rail
roads to be built through the pine for
ests In order to transport the lumber
nnd naval stores to market. Railway
construction nnd tho lumber and
naval stores industries brought thous
ands of people to the “pine barons'' or
wire-grass region, causing towns to
spring up which were supported prin
cipally by the Industries mentioned. At
first It was thought that after the des
truction of the timber supply, these
towns would go under for lack of sup
port. the agricultural Interests then
being very limted. But the growth of
these new towns caused the establish
ment of country weeklies, w’hlch began
to sing the praise of the wire-grass
country and to advertise its fine ad
vantages. Tho saw mills and navnl
stores operators hnd brought many
men from the Carollnns, Virginia and
north Georgia, some of whom pur
chased land In various localities after
the timber supply hnd been cut off,
nnd engaged In farming, having dis
covered that the lands were very pro
ductive and the country henlthy. These
men made known the advantages and
resources of the country to their
friends In their former homos which
caused others to come and so immigra
tion to the. wiregrass section has con
tinued to expand as the advantages of
the soil and .climate became known.,
The towns which started up under
the support of the lumber nnd naval
stores Industries, Instead of losing
trade nnd population after the saw
mills nnd naval stores plants moved
out, have grown faster than ever in
business and population, by reason of
the settlement of the fertile lands
around them by thrifty farmers who
came from other sections to better
their prospects.
Worth is one of the big count 1e*.
having an area of 778 square miles,
six-sevenths of which Is probably
available for 'cultivation, though
scarcely ten per cent, of It has yet
been cleared, which gives some Idea
of the vast possibilities of the county.
Worth's soil is principally of the
sandy loam and pebbly clay subsoil
varieties, the Intter predominating,
and is capable of Improvement to a
high state of fertility. There is scarce
ly an agricultural or horticultural
product known to Southern soil, than
can not he profitably produced In
Worth county.
The farmers raise from 10 to 15
bales of cotton to the plaw and ample
grain, forage and meat to run their
farms, many raising meat, corn, pota
toes and syrup for market. This, of
course. Is only the ordinary yield,
where no special efforts are made to
Increase production. By the morn
liberal use of fertilisers the yield may
he doubled. This has been fully de
monstrated frequently—ln fact, many
farmers make a bale of cotton to the
acre and from 225 to 40 bushels of
corn. On a 12-acre field near Hylves
ter, 750 bushels of com was produced,
being $214 bushels to the acre. This
was by the Intensive system which has
not yet been generally adopted in this
community.
Worth county produces as fine sugar
cane as can be grown any where and
the quality of the syrup made Is the
best. Velvet beans thrive and many
farmers are beginning to raise them,
finding them to be the best known for
age crop and a great fertiliser for
worn out or poor soil. Land can be
made rich by raising them and at the
same time make abundant crops of
forage, especially for cattle. Worth
county's soli Is also well adapted to
the growth of casava which is des
tined to become a profitable crop In
south Georgia. Worth produces the
finest of melons and money Is made
shipping cantaloupes nnd other mel
ons. The fruit Industry 1s destined
to become In a few years very profit
able In this section, as the soil and
climate are splendidly suited to the
growth of nearly every variety of fruit
An elberta orchard near Sylvester has
made good money for *t* owner. Pe
cans grow well here and some are
planting groves of fine paper-shell
varieties.
Unimproved farm lands in Worth
county are worth from $3 to $10. and
Improved lands from’$5 to $15 per acre,
according to location. Land has in
creased very rapidly In value The same
tracts that sold twenty years ago for
taxes at 10 to 20 cent* per acre, are
worth today, after the timber has been
cut. $5 to $10. unimproved.
The Flint River and Gulf Railroad.
The Flint River and Gulf railroad is
a new line now under construction
from Ctrlyle on the Georgia Northern
railroad, running from Albany to Moul
trie. to Ashburn on the Georgia South
ern and Florida, via Hylvexur. Twelve
miles of track Is graded and the rails
are laid on seven mites. Construction
work Is being pushed with ;* I «rge force
of hands and It Is expo* t«* l that the
road will be completed to S’. Ivester by
February 1. This road will open up
some magnificent agglcultor.il land*
H 1 hegrfof Worth coul
great deal for Sylvester, giving much
to its growth in trade and population.
The Flint River and Guff Is one of sev
eral new roads in South Georgia under
construction or recently completed.
Those already In operation are making
money and some of them are extend
ing their lines, or preparing to do so.
Mr. C. A. Alfora df Willingham, new
Sylvester. Is manager of the Flint Riv
er nnd Gulf. He Is one of Worth
•ounty’s most substantial and enter
prising citizens.
Sylvoster’s Enterprising Sitizenship—
The Progressive Men Who Are
Building a Modern City.
Sylvester has reasons to feel proud
of its progressive citzenshlp. It has
business and professional men of ener
gy, education and integrity who are
never slow in supporting movements
foP advancement or betterment of their
town and community. The citizenship
generally is patriotic, always ready to
subserve personal Interests for the
moral, educational and material up
building of tho city, the business men
are public spirited nnd conservative
and by high-toned business methods,
have greatly expanded the trade of tin*
town.
To the new comer of deslmble char
acter Sylvester extends the glad hand
nnd manufacturing and Industrial en
terprises are given substantial en
couragement. These conditions, nnd
the fact that Sylvester's merchants
nnd bankers are In position to afford
every facility nnd accommodation to
their patrons, makes It a. first clans
mnrkot town for the farmers of that
section and n desirable place of real
dence and business.
The men who are liberal in giving
their means nnd their efforts to tho ad
vancement of the city nnd county fol
low:
Col. Claud Payton* Lawyer.
Col. Pnyton is n nntlve of Kentucky,
came to Georgia twelve yenr^ ago,
admitted to the bur- In 1895: has been
six years a resident of Sylvester: prac
tices in all tho courts, state nbd fede
ral. He is one of South Goorgin’ij lead
ing a conservative and progressive ex
ecutive. Ho Is an ab!e lawyer and a
popular citizen nnd a probable con
gressional candidate for the second
Georgia district to succeed Judge
Griggs. His name Is being discussed
In different parts of the district as a
probable aspirant In 1906. He is pop
ular In this section, is a man of edu
cation nnd ability and would doubtless
make a stropg candidate. He is a pub
lic-spirited citizen nnd believes III
working for tho upbuilding of his com
munity.
J. 8. Sl J. H. Westberry, Merchant;;.
Firm is composed of J. B. 6r. J. H.
Westberry. They do o general supply
business, carrying one of the largest
stocks of general merchandise needed
by the people. Their store Is up to
date. They buy cotton and other form
product* and are also leading farmers.
J. B. Westberrv is a director of tho
Bylvester Hanking Company, connect
ed with other business enterprises, su
perintendent city public school und
member of hoard of county commis
sioners.
T. J. Pinson, Naval Stores.
T. J. Pinson Is one of Worth coun
ty’s leading citizens. He Is engaged
In the manufacture of naval stores;
president First National Bank of Byl
vester. wholesale grocer, cotton ware
house and farming. He Is one of Hyly
vester's public-spirited men.
J. D. Bridges, Sumner, Ga., Lumber
and Naval Stores.
J. D. Bridges located at Hutnner, a
few miles east of Bylvester, Is a prom
inent business man, engaged In the
manufacture of f lumber nnd naval
stores. Is a general merchant, one of
the largest farmers In the county, di
rector of the Bylvester Banking Com
pany and interested In other enter
prises. He is nlways ready to encour
age every movement for the commu
nity’s advancement, lie enme to Worth
twenty years ngo from Dooly county.
A. P. Majors,Cotton Buyer and Farmer
Also sells horses nnd mules; came
here recently from Webster county;
sold his farm nt Richland in that coun
ty for $25 per acre and purchased a
farm here for $13 per acre; says the
latter Is the better land, makes more,
costs less to cult!vats nnd less waste
land on It. Runs 15 plows, made this
season 12 hales to plow and a bale to
the acre by fertilizing and that the
land here Is easier cultivated than red
land. He Is well pleased with his new
home.
J. N. Sumner, Sheriff.
Elected sheriff of county In 1900, re
elected 1902 and 1904. He Is an effi
cient officer and Is popular throughout
the county. Resides at Isabella on ac
count of the county Jail being there,
but on completion of tiie new Jail will
move to Bylvester. li- Is connected
with a mu- mill nt Willingham near
Bylvester and Is also a farmer, running
five plows near Isabella.
Sylvester Barber Shop.
R. I. K. Blalock, proprietor, runs a
first class shop and gives polite and
prompt service. Everything Is kept
neat and clean: came here recently
from TIP on and is rapidly building up
a good patronage.
T. A. Spurlinc. Merchant.
Carries an up to date assortment of
dry good*, notions, dress goods, trim
mings. gent's furnishing goods, pianos
and organs. New Horne, end Ideal and
Houthi.md sewing machines, furniture
and mat'ingn. coffins, caskets and un-
dertakerH* implies; came here seven
years ago from Tlflon and hns suc
ceeded in building up a fine trade by
good business methods.
Bank of Sylvester.
Oldest l»*nk in town. Does * general
banking business and Is a strong
ty and i financial institution, with conservative
U the warn/. A number cf | wUl t«U a wonderful utie of develop- the county s*.
the people of the county In reaching | Hurplu.- $10,600; uadi
will also mean « 609; deposit* $190,999
to I
ganlzed 1898. C. A. Alford, president;
T. C. JeffordH, vice-president; J. H.
Westberry. cashier; G. F. Alford, as
sistant cashier.
W. T. Kilpatrick, Contractor.
Does a general contracting business
nnd builds frame Buildings anywhere
within a reasonable distance of Syl
vester: furnishes material for build
ings aiul makes estimates promptly.
He is a reliable contractor, came here
from Terrell county eighteen months
ngo.
J. W. Warren, Clerk Superior Court.
Elected eight yeurs ago; re-elected
in 1904. Native of Worth county, Is
an efficient' officer, courteous and ac
commodating and Is popular, public
spirited citizen. Owns farms neur
town which he rents to tenants.
J. W. Price, Ordinary.
Judge Price was elected ordinary of
Worth county nbout eleven years ago.
He made a good officer and is one of
the county's substantial men. Ho is
also a farmer and engaged In the
manufacture of railroad cross ties. He
came to Georgia while a young man
from South Carolina.
C. D. Hughes, 8ewing Machines and
Jeweler.
Bells sewing machines and attach
ments. Repairs sewing machines, or
gans. pianos, watches, and clocks.
bargains in drop head Singer machines,
and is a reliable workman. Came here
fifteen years ago front South Carolina
nnd is well pleased with Houjh Georgia
nnd particularly Worth county.
Robort A. Holmes, Real Estate and
Insurance.
R. A. Holmoft Is the leading real es
tate agent, sells farming lands and city
property. Has fanning lands all over
Worth county for sale. Does also it
fire insurance business. Came here
seven yearH ago from Pike county. Has
held the office of mayor of Bylvester
and Is a public spirited citizen.
J. R. Rutland, Grocer.
Carries nice stock of staple nnd
fnney groceries and has an up to date
store, doing a good business, constantly
Increasing his trade. He Is also Syl
vester's efficient marshal, keeping
things straight lit town.
J. H. Pate, Furnituro.
Is the lending furniture denlor, car
rying a first class stock of all kinds of
furniture and aijlls for ennh and on In
stallment plan; does a largo business.
Ho Is a nntlve of Webster county and
has been In business here four yours.
Sylvester Drug Co.
Bylvester’* leading drug store and a
first class establishment, carrying a
complete stock of drugs, medicines,
notions, druggists sundries, cigars, to
bacco and all articles to bo found In
un up to date drug storo. Walter T.
Clementn is proprietor/ Native of
Montgomery county; has been here two
years and Is building up a fine trade.
Sylvester Racket 8tore.
Dry Goods, notions, clothing, shoes,
gent’s furnishing goods nml all articles
usually kept in u first class dry goods
store. W. A. Jones, proprietor, canto
here from rutnam county seven yoars
ago and has succeeded In establishing
a fine trade.
First National Bank,
organized In April, 1902. Does a
general banking business nnd its pat
ronage has steadily Increased since Its
opening day. Capital 125.000. Hurplu*
nnd undivided profits $6,000. Deposits
$60,000. T. J. Pinson, president; K AJ.
Johnson, vice president; G. M. I’lnsnn,
cashier. Officers and directors pre
safe, conservative financiers and among
tho leading business men of the county.
The 8ylvostsr Hardware Co.
Carries a general line of hardware,
farm Implements, mill supplies, cutl
ery, stoves, etc. A first class establish
ment. G. L. Blalock is the manager,
formerly of Plnrldn. Macon nnd Tlflon.
coining here recently nnd Is building
up a large trade.
A. McD. Cameron A Son, Grocsrs.
Carry a nice slock of fancy and
stople groceries nnd have a good trade.
Come to Georgia severul years ngo
from North Carolina. Thinks Bouth
Georgia a splendid country; expects
to engage In farming next season.
J. W. Smtih &. Co., Dry Goods.
Everything In the dry goods line,
gent's furnishing goods, ladies' dress
goods, trimmings, notions, etc. Hns a
nice store nnd his customers are many.
Mrs. D. A. Golden, Milliner.
Sylvester’s leading millinery store,
up to date stock of millinery goods, fine
trimmings and notions. Millinery and
dress-making a specialty. Everything
In millinery goods.
Drs. T. C. A H. M. Jeffords, Physicians
and 8urgeons.
Drs. T. C. & H. M. Jeffords are
among the leading physicians of WOrth
county. Came here from Ware county
a few years ago. Dr. T. C. Jeffords Is
a graduate of the Atlanta Medical and
Dental College. Dr. II, M. Jeffordi
graduated at the University Medical
College at August;/ In I960. Both are
public spirited citizens. Dr. T. C. Jef
fords is a large real estate owner and
is vice president of Bylvester Banking
Company.
Polhill A Williamson, Lawyers.
One of Worth county's leading law
firms, doing a general practice. Col.
a. J. Polhill ceme from Forsyth fif
teen years ago and began practicing
here. Held the office of county school
commissioner ten years up to 1904;
alderman of the city and will be itu
mayor for 1905. Judge J. If. William-
son. a former citizen of Forsyth, came
here one year ago. He was six years
judge of city court of Forsyth and was
solicitor two y**ars. lie Is the Tele
graph’s efficient correspondent at Byl
vester.
H. D. Hansford, Dry Goods.
One of Sylvester's up to date stores.
Carries fine stock of dry goods, cloth-
tog, shoes, hats, notious and gent’s
furnishings. Came here from Sumpter
ount/ two years ago and by courte
ous business methods has built up a
good trade.
J. 0. Gregory & Bro., Grocers.
J. O. and Pope Gregory ure the mem
bers of this firm. They have a nice
store, carrying full lines of staple and
fancy groceries, fruits, vegetables, etc.
buy and sell country produce. They
are young men of business ability and
ure Increasing thlr trude constantly.
Sylvester Supply Co. f General Mer
chants.
This Is one of the largest mercantile
establishments in this part of the state,
does a general supply business, carry
ing in stock everything needed by the
people of the county. T. K. Helnsohn
Is proprietor. Came here from Indlnna
seven yenrs ago and has been success
ful in business. He Is also Sylvester’s
popular and efficient postmaster, ap
pointed six years ngo. when the busi
ness of the office was small. He *ay*
tho receipts of the office have grown
very rapidly and that It will soon he
a third class or presidential office, lie
Is also engaged in farming near town
and thinks South Georgia Is a fine
country.
West Medicine Co., West’s Wound
Cure.
This concern manufactures West’s
famous “Wound Cure,” nnd “Wine of
the Forest," which are sold throughout
the country wherever^ patent medicines
are used, and they are said to be ex
cellent remedies for man and beast.
They travel ns many as eight men In
various sections of the country. They
nre sold to be remedies that can 1st
depended upon and the manufacturers
have hundreds of reliable testimonials
from people In this community and
elsewheru who have tried them. The
company Is Issuing un almanac and
calendar for 1905. They buy bottles
for these remedies In carload lot*.
N. West is manager nnd promoter of
the enterprise. He is a native of Ran
dolph county. Commenced business
two years ago and Is rapidly Increasing
his output. Will probably tnovo his
plant to Macon us enlarged facilities
are needed.
Pinson A Johnson Co., Wholesale
Grocers and Cotton.
This firm conducts a wholesale groc
ery btislnoss, cotton commission house
and t’dtjon warehouse, doing a very
large business, buy cotton, sell fertlll:
ers and run. Urge, forms. They ha'
line Georgia cane syrup for sale. The
firm’s officers are G. M. Pinson, vice
president and E. M. Johnson, secretary
and treasurer.
C. W. Hillhousc, Hardware.
Carries an up to date assortment of
general hurdwnre goods, silverware,
building material, sash, doors, blinds,
brick, lime, cement, lead, oil and paints,
stoves, crockery and glassware, stoves-,
tinware, wagons, harness and agricul
tural Implements. Came to Worth
county from .Randolph county eleven
years ngo. He is also a farmer nnd
connected with half a dozen important
enterprises in this community as di
rector or stockholder, and Is a mem
ber of the town council.
James McGirt, Variety Works and
Wagon Shop.
Conducts n general blacksmith, horse
shoeing, wagon, buggy and repair shop,
being an expert workman, nnd Is pro
prietor of n first class variety mill for
the manufacture of building material.
Cume to Georgia from North Carolina.
Recently moved from Poulan to Sylves
ter.
. L. Doariso & Co., Wholesale Gro
ceries and Cotton.
Conducts a large wholesale grocery
business, deals in bagging and ties.
Buys cotton and cotton seed. R. L.
Deurlso nnd G, F. Sumner are the firm
members, both public spirited citizens.
L. Sutton, Livery and Sale Stable.
First class livery, feed and a.ilo
stable. Sells mules and horses and
keeps up to duto teutns for hire. Cur
ries a largo stock of mules und horses;
also engaged in farmlhg near town
and deals in farm lands, having some
line tracts for snle. Cume here from
Irwin county eight years ago.
Sylvestor Inn.
The leading hotel of Bylvester, cen
trally located; large, comfortable
rooms, tubla fare the best the murkets
afford, service polite aqd prompt. J.
A. Kitchens, also of Poulan, is pro
prietor. Mis. J. W. Evans, formerly
of hotel wt Poulan, is manager. Under
the new management the Bylvester Inn
in growing In popularity nnd is one of
the best In Wiregrass Georgia.
Worth County Local.
One of Wiregrass Georgia’s live
weekly papers is the Worth County
Local, published ut Bylvester by Clif
ford Grubbs, editor and manager. Has
a good circulation, la the official organ
of the county und a good advertising
medium. Its colfflnn* nre well patron
ized by - tlfe local merchants which
speuktf for their enterprise. The Local
In doing good work for tho upbuilding
of tho community.
C. A. Alford, Capitalist.
One of Worth county’s leading busi
ness men, interested in different en
terprises nt Bylvester and other points,
leading promoter of the Flint River and
Gulf rn II road and now engaged in it a
construction. Ills home is ut Willing -
hum, near Bylvester.
WHY WE GROW OLD;
H0W--BUT NEED WE
8igns of Dooay in Men and Animals
and How They May be Avoided—
Latest Word of Soienoe.
From the N. Y. World.
The proximate causes of failure of
isiwer In old age are now coming to
be fairly well understood. Everybody
knows that the different parts of the
human organism daily die and ure re
newed, that the scurf-pin loses the
vitality necessary to protect the true
nnd peels off, and that even tho cells
of the bones are exchanged for new
ones, until It may he said that the mun
who lives beyond maturity retains no
part of the body that he wus born
with.
Hence It was at one time taught,
say* T. P.’s Weekly, that the signs of
senility were due to a failure on the
part of the repairing cells to perforin
their functions. Hut this Is now seen
to be a fallacy. Hueh hair as an old
inon does retain on his head grows
with greater quickness than when he
was young. On the limbs, within the
nostrils and ears, hair gets more
abundant and stronger; and With the
Mongolian race the beard doe* not ap
pear until late in life. The finger and
toe nails, which are formed by the
Hume secretion as the hair, gro wfaster
In old age than in youth. Plainly,
therefore, It is not the repairing cells
that are at fuult. >
The true cause of senility must
therefore be loked for deeper, and It
seems that we find It in the voracity
of certain wandering cells always
present In our bodies. Borne of these
cells, which physiologists class togeth
er us macrophugl, seize upon the color
ing matter of the hair nnd make It
white: others devour the contractile
tissue of the muscles, while yet others
take from the bones the mineral sub
stances necessary for their healthy ex
istence. and reduce them to the brittle
condition which makes falls and other
Injuries so often fatal to the old.
Meanwhile similar cells are at work
upon the liver and the kidneys.
Can nothing be done to arrest these
giant cells In their Regan-and>Gon-
erll-llke attack upon the parent who
i them life? Prof. Metchnlkoff,
se researches on the subject have
lately attracted much attention, thinks
that there can. He suggests the use
f counter-poisons, either In the shape
<f attenuated cultures of the very
tacllll In question, or by direct anti
dotes, among which he mentions milk
treated with a special ferment coming
from Bulgaria, which stimulates the
secretion of lactic add and raises up
other microbes to fight against the
hurtful ones.
But he warns us that his theory as
yet depends more upon conjecture than
on fact, and the only proofs of It that
he adduce* are the activity of the mac-
rophagl in bacterial diseases like lep
rosy and tuberculosis, and the very re
duced proportions In long-lived ani
mals such as birds and tortoises of
that large intestine which In mam
mals Is the chosen I ouie of microbes.
More practical, perhaps, are th«
rules for longevity which he himself
quotes from our own countryman, Dr.
Weber, and which may almost bo
summed up in tho Greek maxim.
“Nothing In excess,’’
Most of us eat too much, nnd for a
man making no speri il demand on hfa
strength four and a half ounces of ni
trogenous food nnd throe aru| n half
ounces of futa or other hydro-carbon t
per day art ample. Bleep, too, shoul l
not be prolonged bey »nd six or seven
hours, according to sex; and It rr.uy
be doubted whether . le frequent nap*
to which old uge la io naturally dis
posed do not give occasions to tho
mar rophagl cf which they are prompt
to take advantage. Wine, which halt
been called the blood of the aged, ha >
as often proved their bane, and Himiitd
be taken sparingly. Exercise—con
stant, dally and regular—ts of the
greatest advantage.
By such'mean* the contractile tlnnuo
or the muscle* muye be preserved from
the Mncrophtigi's arsuulta, while tho
digestive apparatus, Imperilled alike
by the loss of teeth und the decay of
activity in the excretory organs, may
be kept In working order.
Without insisting upon the doubtles»
exceptional case of M. Legouve, tho
veteran academician, who fenced dally
up to his death as ri nonagenarian, it
may be enough to '’junto in this con
nection that In the Botith African war
a largo proportion of those fighting
against us were white-hslred men of
60 and upward, nnd that the expecta
tion of life in an agricultural laborer
of 70 Is a good deal better than In an
alderman of the same age.
By an observance of such rub** u
seems probable, that • man untouched
by Infection,, or constitutional disunite
may succeed in averting rr.oxt of the
disagreeable concomitants of old «g«.
Lima, a Live City.
Bouth America isn't so bad a region,
according to Alberto de la Torre Huc-
no, who In Castells’s Magas in*- .iu
Lima the one which most highly re
commends itself to rich and poor.
Living Is cheap, and .then; are finer
public statues in the square* than
New York has. That of Bolivar weigh*
eleven tons.
ItAce course, tennis clubs, theatres—
all fine and really popular, not exclu-
slve. Bpanish communities are • nxcu-
tLilly democratic.
There I* a stone bridge 300 year* old
nnd good ns ever, li Is at least fin
ished and the Williamsburg Bridge lit
this city Is hot.
The slaughter-house anil Its stock-
yards, the telegraph lines and post-
offiee are owned and conducted l>y the
government. The Income goes to th>>
national treasury. Tuxes needn’t wor
ry any one.
“Pearl of America" the natives c;41
Lima, of the marvellous mountain »ir
and the gensfous spaces. Nol i
of Bouth America."
The Preacher’s Closing Words*
From the Chicago Tribune.
The members' of the It* . Di Fouth-
ly’s eougreg ttiou •‘••tiled th**n • lv« s in
their seats,
| He had just said: "One word BMf$
i and I have done."
The doctor looked keenly •*< them
ver his glasses for a moment.
The !• closed tb - bo*»k In front «.<
"An.*-•* • ' he said.